FEBRUARY 21, 2023 – On Feb. 15, 2023, U.S. Marines with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division, currently deployed as part of Marine Rotational Forces Europe 23.1, had the unique opportunity to teach American football to local youth in Setermoen, Norway. Students from the local Norwegian school, Bardu ungdomsskole, asked to be taught the traditional American sport … [Read more...]

FEBRUARY 17, 2023 — The Marine Corps has started its evaluation of the Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle prototypes. The Government – through Program Manager Light Armored Vehicles – took delivery of the prototypes offered by General Dynamics Land Systems and Textron Systems in December 2022. A third prototype, offered by BAE, is also undergoing evaluation to provide the … [Read more...]

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Graf, squad leader, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division (MARDIV), Marine Forces Reserve, participates in a live fire event as part of the 4th MARDIV Rifle Squad Competition on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 30, 2023. The three-day event tested the Marines across a variety of infantry skills to … [Read more...]

U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, board a C-130J Super Hercules on Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 20, 2023. III MSB sent a small quartering party to prepare the main body movement prior to Bushido Strike 23, a training event in South Korea where III MSB will conduct their Marine … [Read more...]

FEBRUARY 10, 2023 – Drive two minutes on the highway and you may have already passed it; Livonia, the smallest town in Louisiana, with a population less than 1,300 people, emerged a formidable hard charger who was ever so hungry for a challenge away from home. "I purposely chose infantry knowing it was going to be the one of the hardest jobs in the Marine Corps, but I wanted … [Read more...]